Validation of the Spanish Wound-QoL Questionnaire.

Background And Aims: The Wound-QoL is a validated and feasible questionnaire for measuring disease-specific health-related quality of life in chronic wounds, originally developed for use in German. The objective of this study was to translate the Wound-QoL for use in clinical care and in clinical trials in Spain and to validate this version.

Materials And Methods: Two independent fourth- and back translations of the Wound-QoL from the original German version were conducted, followed by an expert consensus of the resulting versions.

Relevant Patient Benefit of Sublingual Immunotherapy with Birch Pollen Allergen Extract in Allergic Rhinitis: An Open, Prospective, Non-Interventional Study.

Introduction: Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) with birch pollen extract has been shown to be an efficacious treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR). An as-yet unanswered question is whether and how clinical benefit translates into patient benefit, i.e.